Hello friends! Here's the weekly forecast reading for August 25th-31st, 2025. The cards shown are read in the context of Theme-->Challenge-->Guide. Remember to take what resonates, and leave what doesn't.

Six of Wands - Theme

Moment of glory, Success, Recognition

Celebrations of your successes or the news you bring ring through the week. Be proud of your accomplishments! You worked hard and traveled long to see something through. Enjoy the moment.

Death - Challenge

Change, Transformation, Transition

While people are recognizing your growth, those old parts of you resist the cheers in some way. Either imposter syndrome traps you into thinking you are not worthy, or the taste of success feels foreign in of itself and you subconsciously seek to sabotage it to remain comfortable. The old ways hinder your ability to celebrate your wins with them.

Four of Wands - Guide

Joy, Harmony, Celebration

Those who celebrate with you are true. They see your struggles and you overcoming challenges and rightfully celebrate those wins. Trust in those who would cheer you on, as they applaud your transformation into something greater! They will help keep you stable and grounded as you tackle more challenges ahead.

Summary

The efforts of your hard work are being seen and applauded, but the old ways you are used to make you feel like the success is not warranted, or real. The old patterns limit you in some way, and in trusting in the stability of community, of those who rally you for your successes and comfort you in your failures, you can learn to let go of the limiting beliefs that kept you trapped for so long. You are doing great work, trust when people see and celebrate it.

Decks Shown:

The Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot

Ethereal Visions Tarot Luna Edition by Matt Hughes

Readings are for entertainment purposes only.

Hello friends! Here's this week's forecast reading. The cards shown are read in the context of Theme-->Challenge-->Guide. Remember to take what resonates, and leave what doesn't.

Queen of Swords

Hey again Queen. I see we’re carrying forward your energy this week. I love a strong femme leader.

Themes of sharpness and clarity of thought. Action based upon facts, leading with a clear mind. Feminine Sovereignty. Clear communication and honesty.

Holding firm and unflinching in your power.

Nine of Pentacles

Struggles with feeling bold and confident in your work and resources.

This strikes me as a concern of comparison. Feeling your own abundance, whatever that may be, pales to what we see posted online on social media.

On the flip side of the coin, it also feels like we’re not seeing the fruits of our own work, feeling like we’re struggling to see the true value of our work in all its power. Diminishing our efforts despite them showing very real returns.

I get this feeling of trad wives rom the Luna artwork in the context of this reading. Perhaps we are struggling with others’ perception of what we should be doing as ‘worthwhile work’ vs what we truly wish to do and embody.

Eight of Swords

While the dissonance before can be a worthwhile concern, all it does to serve is to trap us from what truly calls. Our will is STRONG. We can break through the comparison trap, the projected visions of who we ‘ought’ to be with a swiftness by acting on our focused will. You’ve got work to do. You KNOW what you want to do, what you as a person in your heart of hearts need to do, and letting the mess of comparison halt you does you no service. The work you love will see you through.

The art here also makes me think of bucking gender roles - she’s wild, determined, pushing through with her will upon a horse that is in line with her vision.

In Summary

Root yourself within the realm of facts. Do not delude yourself with the illusions of opulence that others’ project of themselves. Trust in your knowledge, wisdom, intellect, and drive to push forward and achieve the work you wish to bring forth.

All readings are for entertainment purposes only and are not a substitute for medical or legal counseling.

Hello friends! Here's this week's forecast reading. The cards shown are read in the context of Theme-->Challenge-->Guide. Remember to take what resonates, and leave what doesn't.

Six of Wands (R) - Delayed Recognition, Lack of Reward, Falling from Grace
Themes of not being recognized for your efforts, being shamed, or little to no fanfare for your work. 

Three of Swords - Heartbreak, Emotional Pain, Sorrow, Betrayal.
There’s no (positive) fanfare because you’re in the fallout of a betrayal, grief, or loss of community. People who would rather see you fall refuse to acknowledge your wins. If not people, grief over old relationships, old wounds, and the narratives still take the wind out of your sails regarding your successes.

Queen of Swords (R) - Manipulative, Cutting Words, Overly Emotional.
As temptaing as it is to be cutting, to build resentment, sometimes you just have to continue to ice them out with your power. Continue acting in your own sovereignty, don’t feed into the emotions of others. Let your decisive will and facts cut deep on their own through your commitment to your self and your will. Let their words be empty air.


All readings are for entertainment purposes only and are not a substitute for medical or legal counseling.

Deep breath.

Just start. 

Questions swirl through my mind like a tempest. Is this the right path? Am I deluding myself? Am I wasting time? What if i fail this like I have most things in my life? What will people think of me? It's always a deluge. This cacophony I have learned to tame, sometimes. Other times it overtakes and causes the spiral again. This ebb and flow is a constant companion. 

It caused me to spend a large chunk of my adulthood ignoring my life. I let my trauma and the narratives placed upon me rule my day to day, even if I didn't consciously know that's what it was. If i didn't make waves, if i was easygoing, if i left no footprint, I wouldn't invoke the ire of those that bore the weight of my existence. My disabilities would not be as heavy for them to help me bear. I hid. For almost a decade I drowned myself in content, stimuli, anything to avoid having to look at my own thoughts, my own actions and inactions. I suffocated under the weight of everything.

Coming to grips with entering middle age is difficult. It's even worse coming into it being chronically unemployed due to factors out of one's control, and having dropped out of college several times despite desperately wanting to complete a degree, with no prospects and no hope on the horizon. My failed attempts to achieve the same milestones as my peers stare at me like gravestones: cold, unflinching, with not a word to share but all the gravity of the judgment present anyway, and I was their tender. These failures reinforced that it was trivial to pursue my dreams. They felt.. childish. Too far gone, locked to a time I was not able to value. I already wasted all this time, attempting and failing. Spinning my wheels and then spinning out. 

As my stepfather used to repeat to me ad nauseum: "What is the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." His perfectionism, his judgment, and the absence and flakiness of my biological father taught me to never start, never show up. If i decided to start something? To be present? Then it must be perfect. Their rage combined turned me into a person doomed to fail. And failed spectacularly, I have.

When all you do is fail, what is the point of trying? Wouldn't the natural progression be to reduce yourself to nothing? To eliminate your impact?

What is a life if you do not leave a mark?
How does minimizing every aspect of my life serve me?

It doesn't.
It serves them.
I HATE serving them.

The structures they built over my life, they were suffocating, unflinching, and inflexible. Build upon generational trauma and a fundamental misunderstanding of themselves and myself. But upon seeing my light? They decided to smother it instead of be threatened with looking upon themselves. And it worked for a long time. I repeated the legacies dutifully, subconsciously, for 33 years of my life. It took a lifeline of friends making me question why I was content with this nothingness for me to start seeing this shoddily built castle atop me.

How old would I be if i bit the bullet and chased those dreams? Achieved my lofty goals?
The same age I would be if i didn't.

So, I breathe.

Breathe.

Breathe. 

And I begin the work of tearing down the old way and building life I desire.

If you are here, then I hope that me sharing my musings with you helps you connect with your inner self. That I may inspire you to take action to respecting and honoring your personal dignity, and to tell you that you hold capacity, you have the strength, the fortitude, all of the doing words needed to transform your life for the better.

We have so much more power over our realities than the world would have us think. But the building of our power is a slow and steady process. Brick by brick, step by step. It is not a sprint, but a marathon. In every commitment you honor to yourself - no matter how small - you build that muscle stronger. Over time, you will go from lifting a pebble to shifting mountains, though when the latter happens it will surprise you you even got there at all. 

I can tell you improvement, growth, healing is all within your grasp. Manifestation of your goals may not appear the way you wish in your head, but you may get closer to that bullseye than you believe. But manifestation without action is simply wishful thinking. 

You must begin. Let's begin together.